Warsaw, June 25 (RFE/RL) -- Ukrainian President Leonid
Kuchma and Polish President Aleksandr Kwasniewski ended talks in Warsaw today with the signing of a joint declaration on regional
security.

The declaration states that "the very existence of Ukraine as an
independent country helps to cement the independence of Poland." It
says no country has the right to veto another country's decision to
join a defense alliance.

The declaration says the process of NATO expansion should be
"evolutionary and open" in order to help strengthen political
stability in Europe.

The two leaders also signed another six agreements during a ceremony at the Presidential Palace.

Kuchma, who began his two-day visit today, is expected to address
both houses of the Polish parliament tomorrow morning.